New York Issues Final Paid Family Leave Law Regulations | JD Supra

September 5, 2017

The New York Paid Family Leave Benefits Law (“PFLBL”), passed last year and effective January 1, 2018, will provide eligible employees with a paid, job-protected leave of absence, starting at 8 weeks in 2018 and eventually reaching 12 weeks by 2021. Employees may use paid family leave to bond with a new child, to care for a family member with a serious health condition, or to assist with family obligations when a family member is called to active military service. The wage replacement benefits, with certain exceptions, will be funded through payroll deductions, cover 50% of the employee’s average weekly wage commencing in 2018, subject to a statutory cap, and reach 67% or the statutory cap by 2021.1 The New York Workers’ Compensation Board filed proposed regulations implementing the PFLBL in February 2017 (“proposed regulations”),2 and, after a comment period, issued revised proposed regulations in May 2017. The final regulations …READ MORE ON JDSUPRA.COM